World IN BRIEF : NEPAL : King Names Centrist New Prime Minister
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King Birendra appointed a centrist as the new prime minister to succeed a Communist who lost his office after a parliamentary no-confidence vote. Sher Bahadur Deuba of the Nepali Congress Party was charged with forming the Himalayan Hindu kingdom’s first coalition government. Officials said Deuba was expected to be sworn in today and to announce a Cabinet later in the day.
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